Self-fueled janus nanomotors as active drug carriers for propulsion behavior-reinforced permeability and accumulation at the tumor site

W Chen, R Jiang, X Sun, S Chen, X Liu, M Fu… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanomedicine has emerged as a promising candidate for effective and safe cancer
treatment surpassing intrinsic drawbacks of conventional cancer therapies. However, limited …

A journey of nanomotors for targeted cancer therapy: principles, challenges, and a critical review of the state‐of‐the‐art

W Wang, C Zhou - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A nanomotor is a miniaturized device that converts energy stored in the environment into
mechanical motion. The last two decades have witnessed a surge of research interests in …

Biodegradable thin metal foils and spin‐on glass materials for transient electronics

SK Kang, SW Hwang, S Yu, JH Seo… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable substrates and encapsulating materials play critical roles in the development
of an emerging class of semiconductor technology, generally referred as “transient …

A capsule‐type microrobot with pick‐and‐drop motion for targeted drug and cell delivery

S Lee, S Kim, S Kim, JY Kim, C Moon… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A capsule‐type microrobot exhibits “pick‐and‐drop”(P&D) motion to hold a particle within a
confined volume and transports it via a corkscrewing motion. The P&D motion is possible …

Control the neural stem cell fate with biohybrid piezoelectrical magnetite micromotors

L Liu, J Wu, S Wang, L Kun, J Gao, B Chen, Y Ye… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Inducing neural stem cells to differentiate and replace degenerated functional neurons
represents the most promising approach for neural degenerative diseases including …

3D fabrication of fully iron magnetic microrobots

CCJ Alcântara, S Kim, S Lee, B Jang, P Thakolkaran… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biocompatibility and high responsiveness to magnetic fields are fundamental requisites to
translate magnetic small‐scale robots into clinical applications. The magnetic element iron …

Intelligent micro-/nanorobots as drug and cell carrier devices for biomedical therapeutic advancement: Promising development opportunities and translational …

V Agrahari, V Agrahari, ML Chou, CH Chew, J Noll… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology and microfabrication approaches are playing instrumental roles in the
development of innovative technologies to fight human diseases. Because of promising in …

One-dimensional photonic crystals: fabrication, responsiveness and emerging applications in 3D construction

H Shen, Z Wang, Y Wu, B Yang - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC), which is a periodic nanostructure with a
refractive index distribution along one direction, has been widely studied by scientists. In this …

Smart polymers for microscale machines

L Tan, AC Davis, DJ Cappelleri - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microscale machines are able to perform a number of tasks like micromanipulation, drug‐
delivery, and noninvasive surgery. In particular, microscale polymer machines that can …

Six-degree-of-freedom magnetic actuation for wireless microrobotics

E Diller, J Giltinan, GZ Lum, Z Ye… - … International Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Existing remotely actuated magnetic microrobots exhibit a maximum of only five-degree-of-
freedom (DOF) actuation, as creation of a driving torque about the microrobot magnetization …